Presenting your CV with style …

12.08.2008 | Author: Miguel Garcia-Guzman | Posted in Uncategorized

more examples here and here.

Good design speaks about good taste and good taste speaks about good visual aesthetics, and good visual aesthetics is a key quality of excellent photography. Photographers are visual artists, and people that enjoy photography or are in the field of commercializing photography have – by necessity – a strong appreciation for good visual aesthetics. Anyone today understands that having style in the design of marketing promos, business cards, or most important, a well designed online presence is a necessary complement to good photography.

Within this context something that surprises me is why the CV [resume] of photographers is oftentimes just a boring list of exhibits, education and additional experience. It is rare the case when the CV [resume] has been designed with style, even when this is a document that will get you introduced to people who doesn’t know you and will get a first impression of you reading it [in addition to looking at your portfolio].

Why missing the opportunity to be creative with the design of the document that speaks about your professional background?

If you like to see some examples of interesting design for inspiration take a look to these series of examples here and here. These are mostly from designers, as they usually pay far more attention to the style of the resume than photographers do.

4 Responses

  1. Jacob from JobMob August 12th, 2008 at 6:04 am

    Glad you liked the beautiful resumes, Miguel.

    I Stumbled this in thanks:
    http://jobmob.stumbleupon.com/review/24309216/

  2. Pierce August 12th, 2008 at 12:14 pm

    Miguel – stumbled across your post today and wanted to share a interesting blog post you might find interesting and a well-done photographer’s VisualCV. Mike is a member at VisualCV.com (disclosure, I work there) and he created an awesome VisualCV that is put together well, has visual elements and really gives you a good overview of his skills. His blog talks about why he uses VisualCV as a photographer and you can check out his VisualCV as well.

    The blog post: http://mikefoxphotojournalist.blogspot.com/2008/04/telling-world-that-you-exist.html
    His VisualCV: http://www.visualcv.com/mikefoxphotojournalist

  3. Miguel August 12th, 2008 at 6:41 pm

    Thanks Jacob … I share my appreciation to you for your excellent blog!

    Best

    Miguel

  4. Miguel August 12th, 2008 at 8:00 pm

    Hi Pierce,

    Thanks very much for the info and the link. Very interesting tool.

    Best

    Miguel

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